- QFTCI5GNM15 Game 3, Rounds 2-3: obsolete words and mafiosi - 1 Update
- Calvin's Quiz #407 - 2 Updates
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 15 01:54AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. What is the word for "a person who pokes his [or her] head into a > pub to see if there's anyone who might stand him [or her] > a drink"? Wamblecropt > 2. What 19th century American word means "a shrewd, unprincipled > person, especially a politician"? Snollygoster > 3. What do you call "somebody who gives opinions on subjects they > know nothing about"? Ultracrepidarian > 4. Vin Diesel will know this. What do you call "a fast or furious > driver"? Famelicose > 5. Which word means "pretending to work when not actually doing > anything at all"? Fudgel > 6. Staying with work, which word means "to feign sickness in order > to avoid work"? Feague > 7. What is the word for "a cup-shaped coffee cup holder (often > ornamental)"? Sprunt > for some time so that it may be completely drained of the last > few drops"? > 9. What do you call "a morbid fear of dinner parties"? Gelotophobia > 10. Another Scottish classic, which word means "to chase girls > around among the haystacks after dark"? Duffifie -- Dan Tilque |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Sep 14 12:36PM On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 14:47:27 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which > 1968 Stanley Kubrick film? 2001: A Space Odyssey > 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, > author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others? The Master > 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe? Trachea > 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 > when she learned that her father had died? Nairobi? > 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open? > 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a series > of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional > omission of a word or phrase? Ellipsis > 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand author > Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary? > 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books? RLL Stein |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Sep 14 10:17AM -0700 On Friday, September 4, 2015 at 5:47:28 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote: > 1 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss is the theme to which 1968 Stanley Kubrick film? 2001: a space odyssey > 2 What two-word title has been bestowed upon cricketer Jack Hobbs, author PG Wodehouse and a renegade time lord, among others? the master > 3 What is the proper medical term for the human windpipe? trachea > 4 Which Commonwealth country was Princess Elizabeth visiting in 1952 when she learned that her father had died? new zealand > 5 How many times did Greg Norman win the British Open? 2 > 6 What 8-letter word refers to the punctuation mark comprising a series of dots (...) indicating an unfinished thought or the intentional omission of a word or phrase? ellipsis > 7 The hero of a series of children's picture books by New Zealand author Dame Linley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary? dog > 8 Who wrote the "Goosebumps" series of children's books? r. l. stein > 9 In which TV show did Denny Crane and Alan Shore share a drink and cigar on the balcony together at the end of each episode? boston legal > 10 Known for his clashes with the law, which country music legend explained to a judge regarding a forest fire in 1965 "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."? johnny cash swp |
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